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For $400 a night - there are issues. The room lights were so high tech that we could not turn them off or control them in any way we wanted. We were not drunk btw. A lovely person from reception came to turn off the lights so we could sleep. The lights also randomly turned off when we weren't moving enough in the room. Silly to use this system in a hotel. I would get breakfast in the Shop Centre next time. the hotel can't cope with the numbers and it's a very strange crowded food set up with average food. Luke warm lattes. Waited 15mins to be seated at breakfast table, when pre-paid, so they knew the numbers coming. Its very much a family destination, which is great, but the pool on this weekend was full of kids at 7.00pm. I don't think a quiet swim with a view is an option on weekends. It also seems weird that we had to pay for parking when we had shopped all day in the centre. Food and drinks are well priced - I would go again, but will wait for a cheaper deal to make up for the cons.

I stay here regularly when in town because the location is great and the Accor group has a commitment to Covid-safe cleaning practices. On this stay, there were very high winds and I discovered this trip that the building has a unique wind-tunnelling issue. The hallways ”sing” with a high-pitched squeal through the vents. No worries, the rooms have fire doors and the minute the door to the room is shut, the sound is blocked out. In my case, the little mechanism at the bottom of the door didn't seal off, which meant the sound continued. The concierge changed my room immediately - brilliant! Only issue was that there are many fingermarks on door handle backplates, so I cleaned them all myself. Also, I was verbally harassed by a guest for choosing to wear a mask in the lift. Not at all the Sebel's fault; just a disappointing end to a lovely stay.

We were looking for an overnight stay, family of 5, and our well behaved and well trained Labrador and pet parrot. The gentleman on the phone was lovely, very friendly and helpful. The day before arrival we were informed that we would be provided a different room (as due to heavy rain the night before, the room we had been allocated was flooded). On arrival, the entrance, reception, exterior and courtyard looked nothing like the online photos. It was in a state of disrepair, rundown, untidy, messy, rubbish around the place, overgrown, peeling fading painted signs etc. We hesitantly checked in, and went to our room. Entering our room, there was a strong unusual smell, and looking up we saw black mould on the ”popcorn white” ceilings (in the living area, bedroom and the bathroom), hence the smell. The room was extremely run down, peeling paint, cobwebs and spiders, the 'grout' in the bathroom had been painted, and was peeling in places. The back of the bedroom door has splotches of different colour paint and tape stuck to it. Due to some of us having asthma we did not want to stay here, for numerous reasons - particularly the mould on the ceilings. We explained to the young girl at reception that we could not stay there due to the black mould on the ceiling and she happily gave us a refund - no further questions asked. We were pretty surprised at the state of disrepair that we didn't really even stay long enough to take photos - we just wanted to leave as soon as we could. We left immediately.

The single room shared bathroom, I did not expect to have no air conditioning, 38 degrees high temperature can not sleep before midnight.

We were initially hesitant about booking this hotel (for 14th June, 2022) after reading some previous negative reviews all written at the same time ”4 months ago”. Also very similar wording and from what appears to be people of the same ethnicity. Coincidental? We were glad we decided to book as we were pleasantly surprised. Hotel reception was polite, friendly and helpful from the moment we rang to make the booking to the moment we were handed the keys at check in. It was a cold winter's night and we found the room cosy, clean, large and comfortable. The tariff was most reasonable and we felt we had value for money. Little additional touches were the breakfast pack, free bottled water and complimentary alcoholic beverage each were appreciated..

Having stayed here several times in recent years, we find it is always clean and comfortable. Location is great for us as it is close to our family members that we come to MLB to visit, and of course it's just 10 minutes walk to Chadstone shopping centre. I recommend it.

Convenient location and convenient transportation

Too expensive for what it is..basically a cheap motel..and why the hell do I have to use 200 words to write that?,to put me off?well it obviously only made it worse,cuz this website wasn’t very helpful on that night either,as I couldn’t get in my room after I payed for it,on time..and before the final check in time..

It is close to a friend's house, and it is close to the Coles supermarket, and there is a big park nearby. The front desk is also very friendly, that is, the entrance and entrance of the garage is one. I also found the wrong entrance when I checked in, but I got used to it a few times. There is no charge for parking. The facilities in the house are a bit old but clean.

We booked our stay via bookings.com in September 2019 for three weeks during the start/middle of October. After our booking was processed, we were asked what time we would arrive, we let the owner know we would be there around 8pm. When we arrived, no one was present. There was a number left on the wall for us to ring when we arrived, we rang the number and got no answer. We waited an hour and a half and no one turned up. Both the back and front doors where open, hence how we where able to get into the building. The front door was unable to be closed due to a busted lock. There where no locks on any of the dorm rooms and every single bed was covered in dirty linen which contained faeces and urine, the smell was horrendous. There was piles of dirty washing left around the hostel, it was clear the place had been neglected for some time. There where nitrous oxide canisters covering some of the beds and although I understand it is a hostel and things like this do happen, that combined with faeces stained linen though isn't acceptable.The sprinkler system had gone off in the past and not been replaced and live wires where hanging out of the walls. Bookings.com initially said there was nothing much they could do and the owner was refusing to refund us, when they emailed her about our complaint, she was very quick to respond saying 'we had 'no basis for a refund'. We then contacted the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal who explained we would need to message the owner and give her some time to come to an agreement with her. Unfortunately, making a case through them can take time so we contacted the bank, who agreed (because they where based in the UK) they would do a charge back to our card and our money would be returned to us. When we tried to message the owner to come to an agreement, her exact words where that the property 'has no electrical issues whatsoever, is properly looked after on a daily basis and is totally safe'. The lights didn't turn on properly, the place was nearly pitch black and we had to use our lights on our phone. There was faeces on beds and dirty linen everywhere, I wouldn't exactly call it hygienic and the sprinklers where broke. The toilets didn't have proper locks on and the kitchen was revolting. My advice, stay clear! We won the charge back claim and our money was returned to us via the bank two weeks later!